The last of the Shikoku pilgrimage's 88 Temples sits in the mountains in the southeast of Kagawa Prefecture and is well worth a visit. It's fitting that walking henro should face a stiff climb to get to the final temple, though if they are doing it properly, they still have to walk back to Temple 1 to complete the circle 鈥 for the search for enlightenment is like a circle, never-ending.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录's must-see attractions
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If you're travelling along Rte 439, it's not a matter of 'blink and you'll miss it', but blink, and blink again, because you may have a hard time鈥
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Away from the crowds and tour buses, the spectacular Oku Iya Ni-j奴 Kazura-bashi are two secluded vine bridges hanging side by side high over the river鈥
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Konpira-san or, more formally, Kotohira-g奴, was originally a Buddhist and Shint艒 temple dedicated to the guardian of mariners. It became exclusively a鈥
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Ry艒zen-ji is Temple One of the 88 Sacred Temples of Shikoku pilgrimage. It is called Temple One because it was the first that temple pilgrims came to鈥
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One of the most beautiful gardens in the country, 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 dates from the mid-1600s and took more than a century to complete. Designed as a walking鈥
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In Honmura, half a dozen traditional buildings have been turned over to contemporary artists to use as the setting for creative installations, often鈥
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Zents奴-ji, Temple 75 of the sacred 88, is the largest of the temples 鈥 most of the other 87 could fit in its car park. This is where K艒b艒 Daishi was born,鈥
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Teshima's art 'museum' impresses for its architecture 鈥 a monumental concrete shell, forming a low teardrop-shaped dome on the hillside, designed by Tokyo鈥
Nearby attractions
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About 500m north of Yashima station, Shikoku-mura is an excellent village museum that houses old buildings transported here from all over Shikoku and鈥
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Half the fun of visiting Yakuri-ji may be riding the retro cable car up and down to the temple, but this is a spectacular place in its own right, sitting鈥
3. Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum
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Born in Los Angeles to a Japanese poet and an American writer, Noguchi (1904鈥1988) set up a studio and residence here in 1970. Today the complex is filled鈥
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Yashima-ji, Temple 84 of the 88, sits atop the tabletop mountain of Yashima, to the east of Takamatsu. This was the site of a decisive battle between the鈥
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The East Gate to 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 is a beautiful place to start a walking course through the garden.
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One of the most beautiful gardens in the country, 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 dates from the mid-1600s and took more than a century to complete. Designed as a walking鈥
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This museum in 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 displays local crafts, household goods, furniture and roof tiles in its four halls, dating back to the Tokugawa dynasty.
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The North Gate to 搁颈迟蝉耻谤颈苍-办艒别苍 is nearest to the Ritsurink艒en-kitaguchi Station on the JR Kotoku line.